Lloyd Pope - Where is he at?

[dogs105]

Just exciting to see a young kid who gives it a big rip. Great to watch. And that wrong un is brilliant.

Look forward to watching him develop over the next few years.

 

[Big Bryza]

Where is he at?

Adelaide, i would have thought.

 

[PoopingHindi]

that wrong-un of his goes a fair way. it'll probably get easier to pick once people have a chance to get a better look at him though.

an exciting prospect for sure.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Was great to watch today. Pleasingly a few leggies beat the bat too. They're obviously not as dangerous as his wrong 'un at this stage but he's not the finished product at 18.

Hopefully Tom O'Connell gets a decent crack once his Year 12 exams have finished too. Would be great to see two young leggies ply their trade.

I was shitty at the time when we lost O'Connell but perhaps it's for the best if they both get regular Shield games.

It is tiring for us powerhouse states to prop up the minnows all the time but that's the cross we bear I guess.

 

[Jakksynn]

Very solid start to his first class career. I’d give him this season in the Sheffield shield, let him ply his trade for a bit then see where he’s at in 12 months.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

The next bradman. Moves alot like Pendlebury.

 

[Cursed Cat]

The Pope of Hope.

Get on board; De-stigmatising Rangas into the bargain n all ..

Has a very nice wrong 'un, the actual leg break lacks a bit of venom but the whole package leaves batsmen guessing, at least for a spell or two.
More Mushtaq Ahmed than Stuart MacGill at this stage.

If the selectors back him in then I hope they're in for the long haul because this Lloyd is as delicious as those many-flavoured sugary soda bottles that used to be delivered to homes back in the day and probably account for at least some percentage of my tooth decay over the ensuing decades.

 

[FRUMPY]

Selectors will pick him before he is ready and ruin him.

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[crows dude]

Selectors will pick him before he is ready and ruin him.

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Warne was picked early. Didn’t ruin him despite bad first test where Tendulkar took him apart

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I wonder whether his leggie will develop further? I know, I know... enough with the Warne comparisons. Just let the kid bowl. But interesting from a technical standpoint:



https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...pes-for-lloyd-pope-the-ginger-warne-x8lrl8sj5

 

[PhatBoy]

Warne was picked early. Didn’t ruin him despite bad first test where Tendulkar took him apart

Didn’t ruin the greatest leg spinner in 140 years of test cricket.....


Not exactly the textbook point of comparison is it.

 

[Kyptastic]

Has he got a Big Bash contract? I can't find any information anywhere.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Has he got a Big Bash contract? I can't find any information anywhere.

No

You'd think he'd get picked up

 

[Soups]

Has he got a Big Bash contract? I can't find any information anywhere.

Strikers have one more contract to give out. It will most likely be to him now.

 

[Kyptastic]

Strikers have one more contract to give out. It will most likely be to him now.

Maybe. With Rashid Khan back it's unlikely that he'll get much of a go though, he may look for a team where he'd be guaranteed game time.

 

[Soups]

Maybe. With Rashid Khan back it's unlikely that he'll get much of a go though, he may look for a team where he'd be guaranteed game time.

Yeah I’m not saying he’s going to take it, but the spot is there for him.

 

[crows dude]

Didn’t ruin the greatest leg spinner in 140 years of test cricket.....


Not exactly the textbook point of comparison is it.

Thats my point. We didnt know that Warne was going to be the greatest if all time when he was picked. He had a handful of games and 2 years prior was playing junior football for St Kilda. Even played one reserves game. Pope like Warne can be anything.

 

[dogs105]

I wonder whether his leggie will develop further? I know, I know... enough with the Warne comparisons. Just let the kid bowl. But interesting from a technical standpoint:

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...pes-for-lloyd-pope-the-ginger-warne-x8lrl8sj5

Typical googly bowler. Like Mushtaq Ahmed without the drop away

 

[Lensen]

From behind the googly looks pickable given time for players to study him. No idea how it looks from front on which is obviously the important one.

Exciting sure but how much of it is a reflection of long term ability and how much is a reflection of him having a great shock ball that could be found out will be the question. Hopeful though

 

[Stopher]

Funnily enough, it's probably the best wrong'un in Australian cricket since Michael Bevan!

 

[PhatBoy]

Funnily enough, it's probably the best wrong'un in Australian cricket since Michael Bevan!

Bevan did have a good one. Hogg’s was decent, so was Macgill’s.

 

[creamygoodness]

Bevan did have a good one. Hogg’s was decent, so was Macgill’s.

Macgill's only seemed to work against the tail. Hogg's only seemed to be effective in one dayers.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[dogs105]

I reckon my wrong un could have got McDermott out to be fair...

Decent flipper in there too.

 

[DaRick]

He's progressing very well and it's good to see that he hasn't been overawed by the Sheffield Shield.

That being said, quite a few of those wickets came down to bad shots rather than particularly good deliveries.

The observations that I made before about his bowling style still seem to stand.

Macgill's only seemed to work against the tail. Hogg's only seemed to be effective in one dayers.

Hogg was never a big turner of the ball and at any rate didn't have the mentality for Test cricket - he liked running through his variations, which while fine in ODI's doesn't cut it in the longer form.